On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 12:56 +0000, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Ian Lynch wrote: > >>Arnie is not a typical case. > > > > What is a typical case? > > Most famous objects, people and ideas do not become famous by having a > complicated name.
Equally plenty of people - the vast majority become famous with their own name. Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo Da Vinci is more complex than OO or OOo. The .org hardle adds the sort of degree of complexity that is likely to make any significant difference at all. > Of course some are, but they are the exception. > > >>I just checked the USPTO database and I didn't find anyone owning the > >>word "OpenOffice". The closest match was "OpenOffice.org" owned by Sun > >>Microsystems. So "OpenOffice" is available. > > > > Not in every country otherwise I am sure that Sun would not have > > bothered with the .org. > > The .org was nor registered until last year. Alex just checked in > Australia, and I just did another check for the UK, Canada and South > Africa. The name is not owned. It was owned once in Canada, but that > expired 3 years ago (maybe that's why Sun didn't choose it 5 years ago). > This covers practically all of the English speaking world. Check Europe. Adam said it was not available in Germany. Even one country will cause a problem. > For other languages you could argue that you should be using a name that > makes sense in that language in the first place (e.g. "Oficina Libre"). I don't believe international trademarks and names work like that but if you check all the countries and finde no-one has the ownership of the name in that language and no-one has it in English, then I would not be at all bothered about a change of name. If it takes any significant time and effort its not really worth doing. Even this thread has taken up more time than the issue is worth :-) -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
